Cigar-tip cutter.



PATENTED NOV. 13, 1906.

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GIGAR TIP CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.11. 1906.

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CHRISTIAN HIERING AND ALBERT FULLER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO THE J. E. MERGOTT COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JER- SEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR-TIP CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov; 13, 1906.

Original application filed November 15, 1905, Serial No. 287,418. Divided and this application filed January 11, 1906. Serial No- 295,561.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that We, CHRISTIAN HIERING and ALBERT FULLER, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Cigar-Tip Cutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The object of our invention is to provide improved means for removing the end or tip of a cigar preparatory to smoking the same, the structure to be mounted upon the end of a match-box, as hereinafter described, so as to provide a receptacle for the cut-off tip of the cigar.

This application is a division of our application, Serial No. 287 ,418, filed November 15, 1905.

Figure 1 is a side view of a match-box, showing the cutter in closed position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the structure partly in section. Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing the cutter in cross-section.

In the drawings, 1 represents the body of our improved match-box and cigar-tip cutter, said body being provided with the cover 4, hinged at 5 to the body 1. This cover closes the match-receptacle. The bottom edge (shown as the top edge in Fig. 2) 10 of the box-body extends beyond the bottom of the box 1 1, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, and such edge upon one side is sharpened, as at 12, for the purpose of forming a cutting edge. At the point 13 the cutting-cover 14 is hinged. This cover is provided with the aperture 15 and the locking device 16, which incloses and embraces the extended sides and edges of the body. This locking device consists of a strip of metal, as illustrated in Fig.

2, secured to the end of the cover 14 by the rivet 17. The lowerend of this stri 16 is provided with an indentation 18 to ta e into the aperture 19, and thus retain the cover closed. ,One end of the extended portion 10 of the box-body is provided with the curved slot 19 for the purpose of receiving the projection 20 from the cover for the purpose of limiting the opening of the cover 14. With the cover 14 in the position illustrated in Fig. 2 by inserting the cigar-tip into the aperture 15 and then closing said cover it will be seen that the cutting edge 12 will remove the end of the tip, and inasmuch as when the cover 14 is closed and looked, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, a receptacle will be formed for holding the cigar-tip cuttings, and the same can be removed whenever desired.

We claim 1. In a match-box or other receptacle, the combination of a box-body, the sides and edges of said body extended beyond the bottom thereof, a cutting edge formed upon one of the extended sides, a curved slot located in one of said extended sides, a box-like cover hinged to one edge of said body for inclosing the extended edges and sides thereof, said cover being provided in one of its sides with an aperture, a projection from one edge of said cover extending into said curved slot for limiting the opening of said cover and means for locking the cover in closed position.

2. A combined match-box and cigar-tip cutter, comprising a box-body, a transverse partition within said body dividing the same into two compartments, hinged covers upon either end of said body for closing said compartments, a cutting edge formed upon the open side of one of said compartments, the corresponding cover being provided with an aperture adjacent to said cutting edge, a

curved slot formed in the side, and a pro-v jection from said cover extending into said slot for limiting the opening of the cover, and a lock for securing said cover in closed position.

This specification signed and witnessed this 6th day of January, 1906.

CHRISTIAN HIERING. ALBERT FULLER. Witnesses:

WM. E. HOWELL, FREDK. C. FIscHER. 

